Trabajo comunitario desde una perspectiva psicoanalítica. Un acompañamiento en la construcción grupal de saberes

• Main Authors: Emilio Salao, Verónica Egas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Manizales 2011-10-01
• Series: Revista Latinoamericana en Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud
• Subjects: Group work; psychoanalysis; prevention; transference; community.
• Online Access: http://revistaumanizales.cinde.org.co/index.php/Revista-Latinoamericana/article/view/480/271

The article presents a psychoanalytical approach for a prevention group work, aimed at child workersand their families. The group work approach offer to the participants a non-directive meeting space based on the flow andinterchange of the spoken word. The participants themselves spontaneously introduce the topics to the conversation. Thanksto the unobtrusive presence of an accompanying psychologist, the participants look for and propose possible answers to theirquestions and doubts. This work is based on data obtained from The Psychological Care Project, conducted in five cities inEcuador, during four years, with over three thousand participants.